Death

To know Thee, Thy noble truths
And Thy clever play of Death
When life is at its fullest swing
Thou slyly creep in, steal the breath!




I seek to know the cause of Death,
The hue, the agony, and the pain!
I seek to know the road thou tread
But all my efforts go invain!




The restlessness grows in me
An urge to know more and more
What made thee choose so humble a soul
Accompany Thee to heavenly shore?




Where did Thee take him beyond my reach?
Why did Thee hide him from my sphere?
O Lord! Mercy the wretched state of mine
I weep, I moan, I cry in despair!




An inner voice sof'ly whispers
"Seek me not, I'm mixt with Nature
Weep no more, for in you I dwell
I'm on Earth and air, in every creature!"

The Poem

I want to make for you

a poem

Cascading down

deep emotions

in the rainbow splendor.

 

 Spreading love

like water

splash on the

lotus leaf.

Sparkling

in sunlight

like dew-drops

on the morning grass.

I want to make for you

a poem.

But

I fear

the words

would steal away

the fragrance

of my private memories

and make my feelings

known to all!

 Struggling

 with varied thoughts

my emotions

become a vortex

and the poem

within my heart

hides itself

 in silence!

A Woman

I look

in her eyes

I see

a bitter betrayal

a silent submission.

I look

in the mirror

I see

a defeated dream

a lost love.

I doubt

A Coincidence!

I wonder

A soul-mate!

I share

A deeper kinship.

She is Me

A Woman!

The First Anything

 

What follows

often fades away

with each new experience

of a greater gain

or a deeper loss

that we encounter

each day....

In our memory lane,

Safe,secure

and secret....

What stays forever is

the first love

the first loss

absolutely

The First Anything!

One More Day

Across the arch of years many a times

I tried invain

to revolt against

the bitter doom.

There is a stab-sense

bleeding me white

each day I hear

a desperate cry of my soul

to release itself

from the mortal pain!

A shadow of restlessness

creeps in my heart

And with ever wakeful eyes,

I watch each day-

the chaos dance of

Death-in-life.

I wish to die

but Death

generously throws me

in the arms of Life.

And Life smiles crooked

as I live to die

One more day!

No More

Shirts, shoes

and her shawl

Cassettes, cards

and the alarm clock

Almost all her belongings

I gave away

Yet

sometimes

I look for

her minute presences-

An eyelash on my pillow,

A hair on her comb

A touch on our curtain

A scribble on a book..

The slightest anything

To alter the truth

that she is

no more....

Love Again

Live and love and bury the past,
The wound will always heal again.
Laugh and sing and cherish a thought,
There's much in life than loss or gain!



Regret not something decaying or dead,
The heart will always dream again.
Hope and pray and smile awhile,
Realize your dream in joy or pain!



Grieve not on every passing season,
The spring will always come again.
Weep no more in the fear of loss,
There's someone for you to love again!

Beauty

 

I brought home a bird and it sings all day

But the charm of the song has faded away.

For I couldn't bring along the clear blue sky

The music of breeze and the river near-by!

I saw seashells as I walked on the shore

I brought them home, a dozen or more.

But the noisy shells, when they came to me

Gave away all joy to the sand and sea!

I fell in love with the maiden I wed

In gold and pearl and flowers all spread.

But the bliss was lost, and fairy she was none-

When the flowers had withered, enchantment undone!

                                                  A bird or shells or a fairy's sight

I possess no more, yet dwell in delight

For all senses give joy and pass it to my soul

Beauty dies in parts and breathes in a whole!